Tag: Arizona

Arizona’s Hobbs Signs LGBT Executive Order in First Official Act as Governor

In her first official act as Arizona’s governor, Democrat Katie Hobbs signed an executive order that seeks to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation in employment. According to Executive Order 2023-01, more than 40 percent of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals are reporting unfair treatment at work across the country, including…


Arizona’s Hobbs Signs LGBT Executive Order in 1st Official Act as Governor

In her first official act as Arizona’s governor, Democrat Katie Hobbs signed an executive order that seeks to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation in employment. According to Executive Order 2023-01, more than 40 percent of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals are reporting unfair treatment at work across the country, including…


Arizona’s Maricopa County to Investigate Election Day Printer Issues

Arizona’s largest county is launching an investigation into the issues that caused chaos on Election Day. The probe will be “an important step in our efforts to get to the bottom of the printer issues that affected some Vote Centers on Election Day last November,” Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chairman Bill Gates and Vice…


Republican AG Candidate, RNC File Motion for New Trial to Challenge Election

Republican Arizona candidate Abe Hamadeh filed a new motion with the Republican National Committee in Mohave County to again challenge the Nov. 8 election results in the attorney general’s race and claimed there is new evidence of voter disenfranchisements after hundreds of ballots were located in Pinal County. Hamadeh, who was backed by President Donald Trump…


NTD News Today (Jan. 5): Kari Lake Files 2 Appeals in Election Case; Biden to Visit Border, Give Security Speech

Former Arizona candidate for Governor Kari Lake filed two appeals on Wednesday. They address an election lawsuit she filed last month. President Biden says he plans to give a border security speech Thursday — and to visit the Southern border next week. The border visit will come during his trip to the North American leaders’ Summit…


Arizona Supreme Court Issues Response to Kari Lake’s Election Lawsuit

The Arizona Supreme Court on Wednesday denied GOP candidate Kari Lake’s petition to transfer her election lawsuit to the high court, saying that it will be heard before an appeals court. “The Court notes that the Court of Appeals has entered a scheduling order directing respondents in the special action proceeding to file a response…


Alan Dershowitz Asks Judge to Be Excused From Sanctions Linked to Kari Lake Lawsuit

Retired Harvard University law professor Alan Dershowitz said he wasn’t part of the legal team that represented Kari Lake and Mark Finchem in connection to a lawsuit that was filed in early 2022 and later rejected. In 2022, U.S. District Court Judge John Tuchi tossed filings by Lake and fellow Republican Mark Finchem. Months later,…


Border Wall Dismantled in Arizona as Katie Hobbs Becomes Governor

Arizona has started to dismantle its makeshift border wall made of shipping containers that was championed by former Gov. Doug Ducey but faced opposition from newly minted Gov. Katie Hobbs and was the target of a Biden administration lawsuit. Footage taken on Jan. 3 showed construction machinery removing a line of shipping containers placed along the…


Kari Lake Files Petition to Transfer Election Lawsuit to Arizona Supreme Court

Arizona GOP candidate Kari Lake filed a petition to transfer her election case from Maricopa County to the Arizona Supreme Court over the past weekend, coming as Democrat Katie Hobbs was sworn in as governor of Arizona in a ceremony. Lake’s petition claims that “evidence put forward in this case, including the changing and conflicting…


Katie Hobbs Takes Oath of Office as Arizona Governor

Katie Hobbs has been sworn in to become Arizona’s 24th governor on Monday and the first Democrat to hold the office since 2009. Hobbs will be Arizona’s fifth female governor and the state’s first Democrat in 16 years. She took the oath of office at the state Capitol to officially take over from Republican Doug Ducey. A…